Article ID: | iaor20117217 |
Volume: | 25 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 238 |
End Page Number: | 242 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
Journal: | Revista Investigacion Operacional |
Authors: | Bousa Carlos, Singh Lakshma |
A new proof of the Strong Consistency of a non parametric estimator of the quantiles is provided. The estimate uses record breaking data. The proposition uses a smaller number of hypothesis than other similar. The application to some well known problems as the determination of Optimal-burn-in-time, pollution and the newsboy vendor problem are discussed.